Emergency Preparedness Training: Airway First

Emergency Preparedness Training: Airway First

This course is for employees who manage or provide direct care to clients with tracheostomies and/or mechanical ventilation.

At the end of this course the nurse will know how to assess, monitor and safely care for a patient requiring tracheostomy or ventilator assistance in the home.

Criteria for Successful Completion of Activity to Claim CE Certificate

Complete entire Self-Directed Learning with knowledge checks

Complete evaluation with electronic signature

Target Audience

RNs

LPNs

Home Care Nurses

Learning Objectives

By the end of this educational activity the learner will be able to:

Define the difference between complacency and vigilance

Describe the four areas of nursing that can impact client outcomes during an emergency

Discuss the importance of responding to alarms during a change in client condition

Define the ABCs of airway management

Describe changes in client condition

Explain who to communicate with when changes in client condition occur

Discuss the protocol for activating EMS and documenting adverse events

Course summary

Available credit:

1.00Contact hours (ANCC)

BAYADA Home Health Care is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

1.00Participation

Course opens:

10/26/2017

Course expires:

03/31/2020

Cost:

$0.00

Rating:

4

DISCLOSURE

No relevant conflict of interest or financial relationships were disclosed for this educational activity by any of the authors or presenters

Sharon Driscoll, RN, CRRN

Sharon is a certified Rehabilitation Nurse with 40 plus years of nursing experience, most of it in the area of Rehabilitation Nursing. Sharon has worked for the Office of Clinical Support and Leadership for the past 10+ years and has served as Director in that office for the majority of that time. She works closely with LS and the practices to evaluate and follow up on high risk incident data and serves on the Sentinel event review committee. She is a known leader and resource in the area of care of the adult client with a tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation and is currently the project lead of a collaborative group to update, review and revise our process and all materials related to the care of our pediatric and adult trach and ventilator clients.

Michelle Frost BSN, RN, CRRN

Michelle has been a nurse for over 20 years, working primarily with trach and ventilator clients. She obtained her most recent degree in December of 2014. She has worked in home care for 7 years; her whole career has revolved around rehabilitation nursing. She has precepted many nurses in the hospital and home care setting, with positive outcomes for those new nurses.

Margit Moran, RN, BA

Margit has over 30 years of pediatric home care experience. 20 of those years have been in various roles with BAYADA. She has worked in a leadership role related to nursing education at BAYADA for the past 5 years, developing and teaching educational programs. The programs include Nurse Residency as well as virtual classroom for Introduction to Pediatric Homecare and Nurse Preceptor Training.

Available Credit

1.00Contact hours (ANCC)

BAYADA Home Health Care is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

1.00Participation

Accreditation Period

Course opens:

10/26/2017

Course expires:

03/31/2020

Price

By BAYADA; if the education is cancelled for any reason the learner will receive a full refund for any applicable course fee. BAYADA will not be responsible for any associated fees or costs such as travel or lodging.

By learner; any applicable course fee will be refundable up until one (1) day prior to date registered for the education. After this date the course fee may be non-refundable. BAYADA will not be responsible for any associated fees or costs such as travel or lodging.

Complaint Resolution

Contact education@bayada.com for any grievances and the complaint will be addressed within two (2) business days. Complaints will be disseminated to all appropriate parties for review and resolution of any conflicts or grievances.

Special Needs

Contact education@bayada.com for consideration of request. If special needs accommodations are not available, the participant will receive a full refund for any applicable course fee.